Chemistry & Biochemistry
Student Research

The Chemistry & Biochemistry Department provides many student research opportunities, below are some student research experiences in Chemistry & Biochemistry from the last 24 months.

New Research Experiences: Spring 2024 Hailey Maurer. Antimicrobial Compound screening. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Maxine Marano. Antimicrobial Compound Screening . Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo, James Grinias. Undergrad, Academic Research. Riley Barry, Emily Mounas, Vidhi Pandya. Azurin Stability and Denaturation . Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Ramzy Malak. Lysozyme Denaturation by Ionic Liquids. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Alyssa Orsini. NDM-1 Characterization and Stability. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Fall 2023 Shaneice Smith. Training. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Tajrian Khan, Soumya Rednam. Antibiotic Ion Pairing. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez. Undergrad, Academic Research. Autumn Vossler. Vancomycin Heptapeptide Derivatives. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Grad, Academic Research. Tochukwu Felix. Synthesis of Vancomycin derivatives . Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Grad, Clinical Research. Ameer Smith-Bird. Synthesis of Aryl Sulfonate Intermediates. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Zachary Rosenzweig. Pulsed Electric Field. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez, Gary Thompson. Grad, Academic Research. Madison Pisani. Novel Synthesis of Vancomycin Linear Heptapeptide. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Krishna Paul. Antibiotic Ion Pairing. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez. Grad, Academic Research. Hailey Maurer. Antimicrobial Compound screening. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Jonathan Santoro. Aryl Sulfonates as Radical Precursors. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Riley Barry. Azurin Stability and Denaturation. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Ibrahim Gocmez. Bacterial Biofilms. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez. Undergrad, Academic Research. Kasmier Vicioso. Benzofuran Method Development. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Grad, Academic Research. Zachary Coren. Benzofuran Methodology Development . Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Michael DiSanto. Bioluminescent Photoredox. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez. Grad, Academic Research. Kasmier Vicioso. Dermorphin Analog Synthesis. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Grad, Academic Research. Ramzy Malak. Protein Stability with Ionic Liquids. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Summer 2023 Zachary Rosenzweig. Pulsed Electric Field. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez, Gary Thompson. Grad, Academic Research. Bamidele Towolawi. Computational Design of Foldamer for Protein-Foldamer Binding. Research Mentor(s): Zhiwei Liu. Grad, Academic Research. Zachary Coren. Benzofuran Methodology Development . Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Jonathan Santoro. Aryl Sulfonates as Radical Precursors. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Ameer Smith-Bird. Aryl sulfonates. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Christina Caniglia. Amidyl Radicals SURP. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Anthony Marinelli. Research Mentor(s): Jack Myers. Undergrad, Community Based Research. Autumn Vossler. Vancomycin Heptapeptide Derivatives . Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Grad, Academic Research. Spring 2023 Anna Boddy. Using Metal Alloys for Electrocatalysis and Glucose Sensing. Research Mentor(s): Erik Hoy. Grad, Academic Research. Zachary Coren. Amidyl radicals. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Candice Bui-Linh. Anti-cancer discovery. Research Mentor(s): Chun Wu. Undergrad, Academic Research. Annie Tran. Anti-cancer discovery. Research Mentor(s): Chun Wu. Grad, Academic Research. Rachel Cerrate, Hailey Maurer, Georgina Vasquez-guzman. Antibacterial effects of Ionic liquids. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Soumya Rednam. Antibiotic Ion Pairing. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez. Undergrad, Academic Research. Daniel Ammerman, Sarah Riley. Antifungal Effects of Ionic Liquids. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Sophia Ginet. Assessment of Biomarker Reactivity . Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Aashna Jonnalagadda. Biomarker Peptides. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Mia Zambrana. Computer Aided Design of Protein Binding Foldamer. Research Mentor(s): Zhiwei Liu. Undergrad, Academic Research. Miguel Vera. Cyclic Carbamates. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Alicia Petrany. Developement of Kinase inhibitor. Research Mentor(s): Chun Wu. Undergrad, Academic Research. Michael Wildy. DOX Drug Delivery . Research Mentor(s): Ping Lu. Grad, Academic Research. Justin Carbone. Drug discovery on RdRP. Research Mentor(s): Chun Wu. Grad, Academic Research. Ashley Wimbish. Vancomycin Heptapeptides and derivatives. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Autumn Vossler. Vancomycin Heptapeptide and Derivatives. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Grad, Academic Research. Jesse Na. Electron Correlation Effects in Molecular RNA Sensors. Research Mentor(s): Erik Hoy. Undergrad, Academic Research. Bethel Bichay. Towards the Synthesis of Vancomycin Derivatives. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Wanying Wei. Synthesis of ZIF-8. Research Mentor(s): Ping Lu. Grad, Academic Research. John Schossig. Synthesis of Monometallic and Bimetallic Nanofiber Catalysts for CO2 Coversion. Research Mentor(s): Ping Lu. Grad, Academic Research. Anita Sandra Nkwenti, Ameer Smith-Bird. Synthesis of aryl tosylates. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Undergrad, Academic Research. Mariya Hryb. study on CAR-T. Research Mentor(s): Chun Wu. Grad, Academic Research. Jamie Clapp. Self-consistent Multiconfiguration NEGF Algorithm Development. Research Mentor(s): Erik Hoy. Grad, Academic Research. Julia Gabriel. Quantum chemistry of organic reactions: Keto-Enol Tautomerization. Research Mentor(s): Erik Hoy. Grad, Academic Research. Zachary Rosenzweig. Pulsed Electric Field. Research Mentor(s): Lark Perez, Gary Thompson. Grad, Academic Research. Riley Barry, Aashna Jonnalagadda, Ramzy Malak, Emily Mounas, Vidhi Pandya, Victoria Tagliaferro. Protein Stability with Ionic Liquids. Research Mentor(s): Gregory Caputo. Undergrad, Academic Research. Kasmier Vicioso. Photo Deprotection of Tosylates. Research Mentor(s): Rashanique Quarels. Grad, Academic Research. Prudence Lomas. Optimizing p2-RDM Ionization Energies. Research Mentor(s): Erik Hoy. Undergrad, Academic Research. Kale Kroenke. Optimizing Molecular Junctions. Research Mentor(s): Erik Hoy. Undergrad, Academic Research. Nicholas Paradis. Evoluation of SARS-COV-2. Research Mentor(s): Chun Wu. Grad, Academic Research. Iman Zahra Moosvi, Jasmine Mott, Amber Mott. Evoluation of SARS-COV-2. Research Mentor(s): Chun Wu. Undergrad, Academic Research.